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32: Birse Civils

Dedicated to developing its staff, Birse Civils continually improves its training, development and remuneration packages to ensure employees remain committed to the company.

With an annual turnover of £170m and pre-tax profits of £5.3m, Birse is a key player in UK construction. Founded in 1970, it undertakes a wide variety of civil engineering projects for private and public sector customers in market sectors including rail and underground works, coastal defence work and town centre regeneration schemes. Involvement extends from planning through to construction to long-term maintenance.

The firm has 542 employees and is very much part of a male-dominated industry. Women make up just 13% of the workforce — but are proportionally represented at senior management level at the same figure.

Birse Civils is popular with employees, more than half of whom have been with the company for an average of 10 years. Staff feel they can make a valuable contribution